John Bolton Un Quotes & Sayings

You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that ... there is a limit to what that accomplishes. — John Bolton

I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things. — John Bolton

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States. — John Bolton

I've been subject to how many security clearance procedures and I must say as irritating as some people may find them I think they are absolutely essential to making sure that people who work in sensitive positions in the national security field in our government are entirely loyal to the United States. — John Bolton

It's very personal in its politics, very bitter and very negative. — John Bolton

I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it. — John Bolton

Let me ask, who died and made him king? Who gave him the authority to endanger 300 million Americans? That's not the way it works, and if he thinks he can get away with that, he's got another think coming. — John Bolton

I've been surrounded by some of the best economic minds in the country, and hopefully I've absorbed some of that. — John Bolton

There's no religious test under the constitution. That's what it says. Period. — John Bolton

I have decided not to run for president. — John Bolton

I am not a professional politician. — John Bolton

I'm not sure history has ended. — John Bolton

Our biggest national security crisis is Barack Obama — John Bolton

Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe. — John Bolton

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself. — John Bolton

There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference. — John Bolton

I'm obviously aware that people are quite focused on the economy rather than foreign policy issues, but that is something that should and can be altered as people see the nature of the threats around the world that we face. — John Bolton

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq. — John Bolton

I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip. — John Bolton

Swapping Bergdahl for illegal enemy combatants (terrorists, in common parlance) signaled unmistakably to Taliban and al Qaeda that Obama is determined to withdraw from Afghanistan no matter what the cost to the United States or those in Afghanistan fighting to remain free. — John Bolton

Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too. — John Bolton

I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail. — John Bolton

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region. — John Bolton

I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities. — John Bolton

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism. — John Bolton

There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons. — John Bolton

There is no such thing as the United Nations. — John Bolton

I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964. — John Bolton

I don't think I would have to run a campaign that's financed like General Motors. — John Bolton

I am not a neoconservative. — John Bolton

You don't need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when you already know what you think. — John Bolton

As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American leadership is critical to the success of the U.N., an effective U.N., one that is true to the original intent of its charter's framers. — John Bolton